AHRQ Health IT Webinar on Personal Health Record Systems to Offer Continuing Education Credits

AHRQ National Web Conference on the Evaluation of Personal Health Record (PHR) Systems and Their Impact on Chronic Disease
Date: Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Time: 1:00 - 2:30 p.m., EST

Overall Purpose:
Through continuing review of new developments and new research in public health and health care, previous continuing education (CE) activity evaluation, and the judgment of the CE planning group, we identified a gap between health care and public health practitioners’ competencies in maintaining privacy and security in the health information technology (health IT)/health information exchange environment. This series of Webinars is designed to increase practitioners’ competencies to improve health care decision-making; support patient-centered care, and improve the quality and safety of medication management. The purpose of this specific Webinar is to illustrate how health IT can impact chronic disease care.

Confirmed Speakers:
Peggy Wagner, Ph.D., Director of Research Development for the Institute for Advancement of Health Care, University of South Carolina
Carl Stepnowsky, Ph.D., Research Scientist, Veterans Medical Research Foundation
Lygeia Ricciardi, Senior Policy Advisor for Consumer e-health, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC)

To Register:
1. Go to: https://ahrqnrc-conferences.webex.com/ahrqnrc-conferences/onstage/g.php?t=a&d=992643635
2. Select "Register."
3. On the registration form, enter your information and then select "Submit."
Once the host approves your registration, you will receive a confirmation email with instructions on how to join the event.

For assistance:  Contact Jennifer Webb at jrwebb@rti.org or (919) 541-6746